Stephen King’s novel The Stand is over 500,000 words in length. It’s copyrighted by Stephen King in its entirety. You can probably get away with reprinting a few paragraphs under fair use and with proper attribution. Microsoft Windows 10 has over 50 million lines of code. It’s copyrighted by Microsoft Corporation in its entirety. You […]
We Know Nothing
Science is the explanation of how the universe works. Everything can be explained with science. People who believe otherwise are confusing “science” with “known science.” Not all of science is known. It is impossible to know all of science, because the universe is infinite, and thus the explanation for the universe is also infinite. Whenever […]
Pareto on NFTs
The Pareto principle states that for roughly 80% of consequences come from 20% of causes. It is better known as “the 80/20 rule.” The Pareto principle applies to many aspects of the world around us. You might find that you get 80% of your work in just 20% of the day. Or that 80% of […]
Different Roles for Different Times
I currently run my whole life from a single todo list with scheduled reminders for when to take care of each task. Everything goes on one todo list. It’s a process I call “single-streaming.” Recently though, I heard an interesting concept on the What Is It All For? podcast with Jason and Caroline Zook. In […]
Your Trauma Makes You
If not for everything in the world being exactly as they are, you would not have many of the joys in your life. Altering just one thing, even if it were a “bad” thing, would change everything. Sometimes, it’s the bad things in life that are the tipping points for triggering positive changes. If bad […]
I’ve Gone Completely Digital with My Art
If you had asked me, at age seven, what I wanted to be when I grew up, I probably would have given you one of two answers. I might have said that I wanted to be an artist. Or I might have told you that I wanted to be a scientist when I grew up. […]